Monday 21 June 2021

Charles Darwin and you

 

Charles Darwin was a controversial Englishman, naturalist and geologist who lived between 1809 and 1882. He came up with the idea of evolution. That is to say that humans have evolved over many many years from another species of animal - basically monkeys.

At the risk of over-simplifying all his works and theories here, suffice it to say that he believed that one species does change into another. That is, the species changes slightly every generation in order to survive, and over many generations it becomes, (or looks like), a new species.

What I'd like us to focus on, however, is the possibility that we may have evolved, over time into what we are now. We may not have started as apes, but perhaps we were always humans who looked like apes; i.e. we were covered with a lot of hair to keep us warm since clothes had not yet been invented and were not easily purchased on the Internet.

As we learnt to cover ourselves, first with fig leaves, (they don't cover much do they), and then with various animal skins, we evolved into humans with less and less body hair. So, in my opinion, we did not evolve from apes but from humans who were covered with body hair when they roamed naked and then lost this covering when fashionable clothing was made available in shops and on-line.

Are you with me so far? It doesn't matter if you don't agree. Just hold that thought for a moment.

Now then, as time goes by we "evolve" or adapt to survive our various environments. There is evidence for instance that in the Middle Ages people were much smaller and shorter than they are now. This is seen from the size of doorways in castles, and from bones found in graves. But as time went by and diets improved, as well as health standards, today's people are much bigger and stronger compared to their Middle Ages counterpart.

Now, if we accept this fact, it follows that we continue to evolve as time goes by into the future. Who knows how future people would look like!

Do we need toe nails for instance? What are they used for? Perhaps future people will not have toe nails.

But as we get busier and busier a second mouth would come in handy. We could use one mouth for talking, or answering the phone, and another for eating our lunch. This way we don't need to have a lunch break and we would work for longer and be more productive.

Personally, I'd like a mouth on top of my head. This way I could put a sandwich under my hat and eat it whilst going to work. Or I could be secretely eating KFC legs on the bus and then my hat would lift up and I'd throw the bones out. No one would suspect it's me because my hands would be holding the newspaper I'm reading.

It would also be a good idea to have an extra eye. Say at the end of your index finger. This way you could clean your ear and see what's inside at the same time.

You know how you sometimes say, "I've only got one pair of hands!" Well ... wouldn't it be nice to have two pairs of hand? Both coming from the side like now. This way I could drive the car and scratch my bottom at the same time.

I'm beginning to like this evolution thing. I wonder what else we could think of? A turkey with 12 legs so we can have one each on Thanksgiving and Christmas? Problem is ... he'd run too fast and we won't be able to catch it. Scrap that idea!

Can you think of any evolutionary ideas which would benefit us in the future? Don't be shy now ... let your imagination run wild and share your thoughts with us.

I promise not to laugh!

20 comments:

  1. ...each and every detail is not what is important to me, but that we have evolved and will need to continue.

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  2. Interesting idea that we did not start out as apes but as humans with massive body hair.

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    1. Do you think we started out as apes, Kathy?

      God bless.

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  3. Dearest Victor,
    For heavens sake; not two mouthes! Think of the overload on gossip and even more over-eating and obesity!!!
    Hope the brain is still evolving in a positive way and the people learn to think first.
    Hugs,
    Mariette

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    1. Can you imagine, Mariette? With two mouths people will be able to talk in stereo. Also in different languages at the same time. There's no need to think. Everyone is talking and no one is listening anyway. All the thinking can be done by machines - driver-less cars, machines like those gadgets we have at home that we ask them questions and they answer, we tell them play music and they do so. We no longer need to learn how to work things out. We tell the TV show me a romantic film; and it does. We tell the computer order me some food; and it arrives. We tell the car, take me here or there; and it drives by itself.

      No need to think any more. Only to talk and tell machines what to do. The future is wonderful.

      God bless.

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  4. I think two sets of eyes would be kind of cool. We could, at last, truthfully tell our children and grands that we have eyes in the back of our head. Have a halcyon week and blessings.

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    1. That's true, Nells. Two sets of eyes. And retractable telescopic arms to catch them as they run away.

      Have a happy time. God bless you.

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  5. There are times I've wished there were two of me, Victor, so I could take care of just that much more of what needs doing. Especially with my Mom and her situation right now; wish I could be with her and still be able to see the grands at the same time. Don't think that will ever happen, but it's fun to think about.
    Blessings!

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    1. Yes, I know exactly what you mean, Martha. These are the times when we wish we could help our loved ones even more but we cannot because there's only that much we can do. God bless you my friend. I'm sure they appreciate you lots.

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  6. Drive and scratch at the same time.... bingo! I was going to say, with all these artifical hips/shoulders and lens replacements, pretty soon body parts will be commonplace -- like shopping at Ace Hardware. How about two brains?

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    1. You're so right about the body parts. But why two brains? I hardly use mine at all. Mine's brand new, little mileage with no imagination.

      God bless you, Mevely.

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  8. Could you imagine what a juggler could do with an extra pair of hands. :)

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    1. Brilliant idea, Bill. Never thought of that.

      God bless always.

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  9. Could we evolve so moms don't need much sleep? We could get stuff done while the children are tucked in, instead of collapsing into bed at the same time they do.

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    1. I know what you mean, Mimi. There's always something to do in the home. I'm so amazed how my wife manages to do it all. Amazing!

      God bless.

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  10. I really don't like the thought of extra mouths and eyes etc, but I am wondering about being originally covered in hair as the apes were and still are. Why would we feel the need to cover up when we were already covered? I think the hair began disappearing before we began to feel the need for covering up.

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    1. Perhaps you're right about the hair. But at some stage humans found the need to cover up.

      God bless, River.

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